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2 Thessalonians 3:5 May the Lord direct your hearts into God's love and Christ's perseverance.
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id="leftbox"><div class="padleft"><div class="vheadingv"><b>Verse</b><a href="/bsb/2_thessalonians/3.htm" class="clickchap" style="color:#001320" title="Click any translation name for full chapter"> (Click for Chapter)</a></div><div id="par"><span class="versiontext"><a href="/niv/2_thessalonians/3.htm">New International Version</a></span><br />May the Lord direct your hearts into God’s love and Christ’s perseverance.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nlt/2_thessalonians/3.htm">New Living Translation</a></span><br />May the Lord lead your hearts into a full understanding and expression of the love of God and the patient endurance that comes from Christ.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/esv/2_thessalonians/3.htm">English Standard Version</a></span><br />May the Lord direct your hearts to the love of God and to the steadfastness of Christ.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/bsb/2_thessalonians/3.htm">Berean Standard Bible</a></span><br />May the Lord direct your hearts into God’s love and Christ’s perseverance.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/blb/2_thessalonians/3.htm">Berean Literal Bible</a></span><br />And may the Lord direct your hearts into the love of God and into the steadfastness of Christ.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/kjv/2_thessalonians/3.htm">King James Bible</a></span><br />And the Lord direct your hearts into the love of God, and into the patient waiting for Christ.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nkjv/2_thessalonians/3.htm">New King James Version</a></span><br />Now may the Lord direct your hearts into the love of God and into the patience of Christ.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nasb_/2_thessalonians/3.htm">New American Standard Bible</a></span><br />May the Lord direct your hearts to the love of God and to the perseverance of Christ.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nasb/2_thessalonians/3.htm">NASB 1995</a></span><br />May the Lord direct your hearts into the love of God and into the steadfastness of Christ.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nasb77/2_thessalonians/3.htm">NASB 1977 </a></span><br />And may the Lord direct your hearts into the love of God and into the steadfastness of Christ.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/lsb/2_thessalonians/3.htm">Legacy Standard Bible </a></span><br />And may the Lord direct your hearts into the love of God and into the steadfastness of Christ.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/amp/2_thessalonians/3.htm">Amplified Bible</a></span><br />May the Lord direct your hearts into the love of God and into the steadfastness <i>and</i> patience of Christ.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/csb/2_thessalonians/3.htm">Christian Standard Bible</a></span><br />May the Lord direct your hearts to God’s love and Christ’s endurance.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/hcsb/2_thessalonians/3.htm">Holman Christian Standard Bible</a></span><br />May the Lord direct your hearts to God’s love and Christ’s endurance. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/asv/2_thessalonians/3.htm">American Standard Version</a></span><br />And the Lord direct your hearts into the love of God, and into the patience of Christ.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/cev/2_thessalonians/3.htm">Contemporary English Version</a></span><br />I pray that the Lord will guide you to be as loving as God and as patient as Christ. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/erv/2_thessalonians/3.htm">English Revised Version</a></span><br />And the Lord direct your hearts into the love of God, and into the patience of Christ.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/gwt/2_thessalonians/3.htm">GOD'S WORD® Translation</a></span><br />May the Lord direct your lives as you show God's love and Christ's endurance.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/gnt/2_thessalonians/3.htm">Good News Translation</a></span><br />May the Lord lead you into a greater understanding of God's love and the endurance that is given by Christ. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/isv/2_thessalonians/3.htm">International Standard Version</a></span><br />May the Lord direct your hearts to the love of God and to the endurance of the Messiah. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/msb/2_thessalonians/3.htm">Majority Standard Bible</a></span><br />May the Lord direct your hearts into God?s love and Christ?s perseverance.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/net/2_thessalonians/3.htm">NET Bible</a></span><br />Now may the Lord direct your hearts toward the love of God and the endurance of Christ. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nheb/2_thessalonians/3.htm">New Heart English Bible</a></span><br />May the Lord direct your hearts into the love of God, and into the patience of Christ.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/wbt/2_thessalonians/3.htm">Webster's Bible Translation</a></span><br />And the Lord direct your hearts into the love of God, and into the patient waiting for Christ.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/wey/2_thessalonians/3.htm">Weymouth New Testament</a></span><br />And may the Lord guide your hearts into the love of God and into the patience of Christ.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/web/2_thessalonians/3.htm">World English Bible</a></span><br />May the Lord direct your hearts into God’s love and into the perseverance of Christ. <div class="vheading2"><b>Literal Translations</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/lsv/2_thessalonians/3.htm">Literal Standard Version</a></span><br />and the LORD direct your hearts to the love of God, and to the endurance of the Christ.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/blb/2_thessalonians/3.htm">Berean Literal Bible</a></span><br />And may the Lord direct your hearts into the love of God and into the steadfastness of Christ.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/ylt/2_thessalonians/3.htm">Young's Literal Translation</a></span><br /> and the Lord direct your hearts to the love of God, and to the endurance of the Christ.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/slt/2_thessalonians/3.htm">Smith's Literal Translation</a></span><br />And the Lord direct your hearts into the love of God, and into the patience of Christ.<div class="vheading2"><b>Catholic Translations</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/drb/2_thessalonians/3.htm">Douay-Rheims Bible</a></span><br />And the Lord direct your hearts, in the charity of God, and the patience of Christ. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/cpdv/2_thessalonians/3.htm">Catholic Public Domain Version</a></span><br />And may the Lord direct your hearts, in the charity of God and with the patience of Christ.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nabre/2_thessalonians/3.htm">New American Bible</a></span><br />May the Lord direct your hearts to the love of God and to the endurance of Christ. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nrsvce/2_thessalonians/3.htm">New Revised Standard Version</a></span><br />May the Lord direct your hearts to the love of God and to the steadfastness of Christ.<div class="vheading2"><b>Translations from Aramaic</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/lamsa/2_thessalonians/3.htm">Lamsa Bible</a></span><br />And may our LORD direct your hearts into the love of God, and into the patience of Christ.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/aramaic-plain-english/2_thessalonians/3.htm">Aramaic Bible in Plain English</a></span><br />And our Lord will direct your hearts into the love of God and to the Gospel preaching of The Messiah.<div class="vheading2"><b>NT Translations</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/anderson/2_thessalonians/3.htm">Anderson New Testament</a></span><br />And the Lord direct your hearts to the love of God, and to the patience of the Christ.<CM><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/godbey/2_thessalonians/3.htm">Godbey New Testament</a></span><br />And the Lord direct your hearts into the love of God, and the patience of Christ.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/haweis/2_thessalonians/3.htm">Haweis New Testament</a></span><br />And the Lord direct your hearts into the love of God, and into the patience of Christ.<CM><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/mace/2_thessalonians/3.htm">Mace New Testament</a></span><br />may the Lord qualify your hearts with divine affection, and a patient expectation of Jesus Christ.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/wey/2_thessalonians/3.htm">Weymouth New Testament</a></span><br />And may the Lord guide your hearts into the love of God and into the patience of Christ.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/worrell/2_thessalonians/3.htm">Worrell New Testament</a></span><br />And the Lord guide your hearts into the love of God, and into the patience of Christ.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/worsley/2_thessalonians/3.htm">Worsley New Testament</a></span><br />And may the Lord direct your hearts into the love of God, and into the patience of Christ.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/parallel/2_thessalonians/3-5.htm">Additional Translations ...</a></span></div></div></div><div id="centbox"><div class="padcent"><a name="audio" id="audio"></a><div class="vheadingv"><b>Audio Bible</b></div><iframe width="100%" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/p0L2MQrlSxc?start=321" title="YouTube video player" frameborder="0" allow="accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share" allowfullscreen></iframe><span class="p"><br /><br /><br /></span><div class="vheadingv"><b>Context</b></div><span class="hdg"><a href="/bsb/2_thessalonians/3.htm">Request for Prayer</a></span><br>…<span class="reftext">4</span>And we have confidence in the Lord that you are doing and will continue to do what we command. <span class="reftext">5</span><span class="highl"><a href="/greek/1161.htm" title="1161: de (Conj) -- A primary particle; but, and, etc."></a> <a href="/greek/3588.htm" title="3588: HO (Art-NMS) -- The, the definite article. Including the feminine he, and the neuter to in all their inflections; the definite article; the.">May the</a> <a href="/greek/2962.htm" title="2962: Kyrios (N-NMS) -- Lord, master, sir; the Lord. From kuros; supreme in authority, i.e. controller; by implication, Master.">Lord</a> <a href="/greek/2720.htm" title="2720: kateuthynai (V-AOA-3S) -- (a) I make straight, (b) met: I put in the right way, direct. From kata and euthuno; to straighten fully, i.e. direct.">direct</a> <a href="/greek/4771.htm" title="4771: hymōn (PPro-G2P) -- You. The person pronoun of the second person singular; thou.">your</a> <a href="/greek/3588.htm" title="3588: tas (Art-AFP) -- The, the definite article. Including the feminine he, and the neuter to in all their inflections; the definite article; the."></a> <a href="/greek/2588.htm" title="2588: kardias (N-AFP) -- Prolonged from a primary kar; the heart, i.e. the thoughts or feelings; also the middle.">hearts</a> <a href="/greek/1519.htm" title="1519: eis (Prep) -- A primary preposition; to or into, of place, time, or purpose; also in adverbial phrases.">into</a> <a href="/greek/3588.htm" title="3588: tou (Art-GMS) -- The, the definite article. Including the feminine he, and the neuter to in all their inflections; the definite article; the."></a> <a href="/greek/2316.htm" title="2316: Theou (N-GMS) -- A deity, especially the supreme Divinity; figuratively, a magistrate; by Hebraism, very.">God’s</a> <a href="/greek/3588.htm" title="3588: tēn (Art-AFS) -- The, the definite article. Including the feminine he, and the neuter to in all their inflections; the definite article; the."></a> <a href="/greek/26.htm" title="26: agapēn (N-AFS) -- From agapao; love, i.e. Affection or benevolence; specially a love-feast.">love</a> <a href="/greek/2532.htm" title="2532: kai (Conj) -- And, even, also, namely. ">and</a> <a href="/greek/1519.htm" title="1519: eis (Prep) -- A primary preposition; to or into, of place, time, or purpose; also in adverbial phrases."></a> <a href="/greek/3588.htm" title="3588: tou (Art-GMS) -- The, the definite article. Including the feminine he, and the neuter to in all their inflections; the definite article; the."></a> <a href="/greek/5547.htm" title="5547: Christou (N-GMS) -- Anointed One; the Messiah, the Christ. From chrio; Anointed One, i.e. The Messiah, an epithet of Jesus.">Christ’s</a> <a href="/greek/3588.htm" title="3588: tēn (Art-AFS) -- The, the definite article. Including the feminine he, and the neuter to in all their inflections; the definite article; the."></a> <a href="/greek/5281.htm" title="5281: hypomonēn (N-AFS) -- Endurance, steadfastness, patient waiting for. From hupomeno; cheerful endurance, constancy.">perseverance.</a> </span> <span class="reftext">6</span>Now we command you, brothers, in the name of our Lord Jesus Christ, to keep away from any brother who leads an undisciplined life that is not in keeping with the tradition you received from us.…<div class="cred"><a href="//berean.bible">Berean Standard Bible</a> · <a href="//berean.bible/downloads.htm">Download</a></div><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a name="crossref" id="crossref"></a><div class="vheading">Cross References</div><div id="crf"><span class="crossverse"><a href="/1_john/4-16.htm">1 John 4:16</a></span><br />And we have come to know and believe the love that God has for us. God is love; whoever abides in love abides in God, and God in him.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/romans/5-5.htm">Romans 5:5</a></span><br />And hope does not disappoint us, because God has poured out His love into our hearts through the Holy Spirit, whom He has given us.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/ephesians/3-17.htm">Ephesians 3:17-19</a></span><br />so that Christ may dwell in your hearts through faith. Then you, being rooted and grounded in love, / will have power, together with all the saints, to comprehend the length and width and height and depth / of the love of Christ, and to know this love that surpasses knowledge, that you may be filled with all the fullness of God.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/jude/1-21.htm">Jude 1:21</a></span><br />keep yourselves in the love of God as you await the mercy of our Lord Jesus Christ to bring you eternal life.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/1_thessalonians/3-12.htm">1 Thessalonians 3:12-13</a></span><br />And may the Lord cause you to increase and overflow with love for one another and for everyone else, just as our love for you overflows, / so that He may establish your hearts in blamelessness and holiness before our God and Father at the coming of our Lord Jesus with all His saints. Amen.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/1_corinthians/13-4.htm">1 Corinthians 13:4-7</a></span><br />Love is patient, love is kind. It does not envy, it does not boast, it is not proud. / It is not rude, it is not self-seeking, it is not easily angered, it keeps no account of wrongs. / Love takes no pleasure in evil, but rejoices in the truth. ...<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/john/15-9.htm">John 15:9-10</a></span><br />As the Father has loved Me, so have I loved you. Remain in My love. / If you keep My commandments, you will remain in My love, just as I have kept My Father’s commandments and remain in His love.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/romans/8-35.htm">Romans 8:35-39</a></span><br />Who shall separate us from the love of Christ? Shall trouble or distress or persecution or famine or nakedness or danger or sword? / As it is written: “For Your sake we face death all day long; we are considered as sheep to be slaughtered.” / No, in all these things we are more than conquerors through Him who loved us. ...<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/2_corinthians/5-14.htm">2 Corinthians 5:14</a></span><br />For Christ’s love compels us, because we are convinced that One died for all, therefore all died.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/galatians/5-22.htm">Galatians 5:22</a></span><br />But the fruit of the Spirit is love, joy, peace, patience, kindness, goodness, faithfulness,<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/psalms/119-32.htm">Psalm 119:32</a></span><br />I run in the path of Your commandments, for You will enlarge my heart.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/psalms/25-4.htm">Psalm 25:4-5</a></span><br />Show me Your ways, O LORD; teach me Your paths. / Guide me in Your truth and teach me, for You are the God of my salvation; all day long I wait for You.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/psalms/143-8.htm">Psalm 143:8</a></span><br />Let me hear Your loving devotion in the morning, for I have put my trust in You. Teach me the way I should walk, for to You I lift up my soul.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/proverbs/3-5.htm">Proverbs 3:5-6</a></span><br />Trust in the LORD with all your heart, and lean not on your own understanding; / in all your ways acknowledge Him, and He will make your paths straight.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/jeremiah/31-3.htm">Jeremiah 31:3</a></span><br />The LORD appeared to us in the past, saying: “I have loved you with an everlasting love; therefore I have drawn you with loving devotion.</div><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a name="tsk" id="tsk"><div class="vheading">Treasury of Scripture</div><p class="tsk2">And the Lord direct your hearts into the love of God, and into the patient waiting for Christ.</p><p class="hdg">the Lord.</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/1_kings/8-58.htm">1 Kings 8:58</a></b></br> That he may incline our hearts unto him, to walk in all his ways, and to keep his commandments, and his statutes, and his judgments, which he commanded our fathers.</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/1_chronicles/29-18.htm">1 Chronicles 29:18</a></b></br> O LORD God of Abraham, Isaac, and of Israel, our fathers, keep this for ever in the imagination of the thoughts of the heart of thy people, and prepare their heart unto thee:</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/psalms/119-5.htm">Psalm 119:5,36</a></b></br> O that my ways were directed to keep thy statutes! … </p><p class="hdg">into.</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/deuteronomy/30-6.htm">Deuteronomy 30:6</a></b></br> And the LORD thy God will circumcise thine heart, and the heart of thy seed, to love the LORD thy God with all thine heart, and with all thy soul, that thou mayest live.</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/jeremiah/31-33.htm">Jeremiah 31:33</a></b></br> But this <i>shall be</i> the covenant that I will make with the house of Israel; After those days, saith the LORD, I will put my law in their inward parts, and write it in their hearts; and will be their God, and they shall be my people.</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/romans/5-5.htm">Romans 5:5</a></b></br> And hope maketh not ashamed; because the love of God is shed abroad in our hearts by the Holy Ghost which is given unto us.</p><p class="hdg">and into.</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/psalms/40-1.htm">Psalm 40:1</a></b></br> To the chief Musician, A Psalm of David. I waited patiently for the LORD; and he inclined unto me, and heard my cry.</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/psalms/130-5.htm">Psalm 130:5,6</a></b></br> I wait for the LORD, my soul doth wait, and in his word do I hope… </p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/lamentations/3-26.htm">Lamentations 3:26</a></b></br> <i>It is</i> good that <i>a man</i> should both hope and quietly wait for the salvation of the LORD.</p><p class="hdg">the patient waiting for Christ.</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/hebrews/12-2.htm">Hebrews 12:2,3</a></b></br> Looking unto Jesus the author and finisher of <i>our</i> faith; who for the joy that was set before him endured the cross, despising the shame, and is set down at the right hand of the throne of God… </p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/1_peter/4-1.htm">1 Peter 4:1</a></b></br> Forasmuch then as Christ hath suffered for us in the flesh, arm yourselves likewise with the same mind: for he that hath suffered in the flesh hath ceased from sin;</p><div class="vheading">Jump to Previous</div><a href="/2_thessalonians/2-16.htm">Christ</a> <a href="/1_thessalonians/3-2.htm">Christ's</a> <a href="/1_thessalonians/3-11.htm">Direct</a> <a href="/2_thessalonians/1-4.htm">Endurance</a> <a href="/2_thessalonians/1-6.htm">God's</a> <a href="/1_thessalonians/3-11.htm">Guide</a> <a href="/philippians/3-16.htm">Guided</a> <a href="/2_thessalonians/2-17.htm">Hearts</a> <a href="/2_thessalonians/1-3.htm">Love</a> <a href="/2_thessalonians/1-4.htm">Patience</a> <a href="/1_thessalonians/5-14.htm">Patient</a> <a href="/2_thessalonians/1-4.htm">Perseverance</a> <a href="/1_thessalonians/4-11.htm">Quiet</a> <a href="/2_thessalonians/1-4.htm">Steadfastness</a> <a href="/1_thessalonians/1-10.htm">Waiting</a><div class="vheading2">Jump to Next</div><a href="/2_thessalonians/3-6.htm">Christ</a> <a href="/philemon/1-6.htm">Christ's</a> <a href="/1_timothy/5-17.htm">Direct</a> <a href="/1_timothy/6-11.htm">Endurance</a> <a href="/1_timothy/1-4.htm">God's</a> <a href="/1_timothy/3-15.htm">Guide</a> <a href="/james/3-3.htm">Guided</a> <a href="/1_timothy/4-2.htm">Hearts</a> <a href="/1_timothy/1-5.htm">Love</a> <a href="/1_timothy/1-16.htm">Patience</a> <a href="/1_timothy/3-3.htm">Patient</a> <a href="/1_timothy/6-11.htm">Perseverance</a> <a href="/2_thessalonians/3-12.htm">Quiet</a> <a href="/2_timothy/3-10.htm">Steadfastness</a> <a href="/2_timothy/3-10.htm">Waiting</a><div class="vheading2">2 Thessalonians 3</div><span class="reftext">1. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/2_thessalonians/3-1.htm">Paul craves their prayers for himself;</a></span><br><span class="reftext">3. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/2_thessalonians/3-3.htm">testifies what confidence he has in them;</a></span><br><span class="reftext">5. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/2_thessalonians/3-5.htm">makes request to God in their behalf;</a></span><br><span class="reftext">6. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/2_thessalonians/3-6.htm">gives them various precepts, especially to shun idleness, and ill company;</a></span><br><span class="reftext">16. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/2_thessalonians/3-16.htm">and then concludes with prayer and salutation.</a></span><br></div></div><div id="mdd"><div align="center"><div class="bot2"><table align="center" width="100%"><tr><td><div align="center"> <script id="3d27ed63fc4348d5b062c4527ae09445"> (new Image()).src = 'https://capi.connatix.com/tr/si?token=51ce25d5-1a8c-424a-8695-4bd48c750f35&cid=3a9f82d0-4344-4f8d-ac0c-e1a0eb43a405'; 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The heart, in biblical terms, often represents the center of one's being, including emotions, will, and intellect. The invocation for the Lord to direct suggests a reliance on God's sovereignty and wisdom. This aligns with <a href="/proverbs/3-5.htm">Proverbs 3:5-6</a>, which encourages trust in the Lord for guidance. The concept of God directing the heart is also seen in <a href="/jeremiah/10-23.htm">Jeremiah 10:23</a>, acknowledging that humans cannot direct their own steps without divine intervention.<p><b>into God’s love</b><br>The love of God is a central theme throughout Scripture, representing His nature and His relationship with humanity. This love is unconditional and sacrificial, as demonstrated in <a href="/john/3-16.htm">John 3:16</a>. The call for believers to be directed into God's love suggests a deeper understanding and experience of this love, which is transformative and foundational for Christian living. <a href="/romans/5-5.htm">Romans 5:5</a> speaks of God's love being poured into our hearts through the Holy Spirit, indicating an active and ongoing process.<p><b>and Christ’s perseverance.</b><br>Christ's perseverance refers to His steadfastness and endurance, particularly in the face of suffering and opposition. This is exemplified in His earthly ministry and ultimate sacrifice on the cross, as described in <a href="/hebrews/12-2.htm">Hebrews 12:2-3</a>. Believers are encouraged to emulate this perseverance, understanding that it is through Christ's strength that they can endure trials. The connection to perseverance is also found in <a href="/james/1-2.htm">James 1:2-4</a>, where trials are seen as a means to develop steadfastness, leading to spiritual maturity.<div class="vheading2">Persons / Places / Events</div>1. <b><a href="/topical/p/paul_the_apostle.htm">Paul the Apostle</a></b><br>The author of the letter, who is writing to the church in Thessalonica to encourage and instruct them in their faith.<br><br>2. <b><a href="/topical/t/thessalonica.htm">Thessalonica</a></b><br>A city in Macedonia where the church to whom Paul is writing is located. It was a significant city in the Roman Empire and a hub for early Christian activity.<br><br>3. <b><a href="/topical/t/the_thessalonian_church.htm">The Thessalonian Church</a></b><br>The recipients of the letter, a group of believers facing persecution and challenges in their faith journey.<br><br>4. <b><a href="/topical/g/god.htm">God</a></b><br>The ultimate source of love, whose love Paul desires the Thessalonians to be directed into.<br><br>5. <b><a href="/topical/c/christ.htm">Christ</a></b><br>The model of perseverance, whose endurance Paul wishes the Thessalonians to emulate.<div class="vheading2">Teaching Points</div><b><a href="/topical/d/divine_guidance.htm">Divine Guidance</a></b><br>Recognize that it is the Lord who directs our hearts. We should seek His guidance in all aspects of our lives, trusting that He will lead us into deeper love and perseverance.<br><br><b><a href="/topical/g/god's_love.htm">God’s Love</a></b><br>Reflect on the depth and breadth of God’s love. As believers, we are called to immerse ourselves in this love, allowing it to transform our actions and relationships.<br><br><b><a href="/topical/c/christ's_perseverance.htm">Christ’s Perseverance</a></b><br>Emulate the endurance of Christ. In times of trial and difficulty, look to Jesus as the ultimate example of steadfastness and faithfulness.<br><br><b><a href="/topical/h/heart_transformation.htm">Heart Transformation</a></b><br>Understand that true change begins in the heart. Pray for God to direct your heart, aligning your desires and actions with His will.<br><br><b><a href="/topical/c/community_encouragement.htm">Community Encouragement</a></b><br>Encourage one another in the faith. As Paul did for the Thessalonians, we should support and uplift our fellow believers, helping them to remain steadfast in love and perseverance.<div class="vheading2">Lists and Questions</div><a href="/top10/lessons_from_2_thessalonians_3.htm">Top 10 Lessons from 2 Thessalonians 3</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/q/what_rewards_come_from_perseverance.htm">What does 'Every Spiritual Blessing' mean?</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/q/what_are_the_signs_of_saving_faith.htm">What are the signs of saving faith?</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/q/why_hasn't_jesus_returned_yet.htm">Why didn’t Jesus return as He promised His disciples?</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/q/how_is_god's_mercy_reconciled_with_wrath.htm">How do we reconcile the warning in 1 Thessalonians 2:16 about 'wrath to the uttermost' with a merciful God found elsewhere in the Bible?</a><a name="commentary" id="commentary"></a><div class="vheading2"><a href="/commentaries/ellicott/2_thessalonians/3.htm">Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers</a></div>(5) <span class= "bld">The Lord.</span>--See Note on <a href="/2_thessalonians/3-3.htm" title="But the Lord is faithful, who shall establish you, and keep you from evil.">2Thessalonians 3:3</a>. The Person of the Blessed Trinity to whom this guidance immediately belongs is the Holy Ghost. So far, the Greek expositors are right who are agreed to consider this a proof of the Holy Ghost's divinity. Their right conclusion is, however, drawn from wrong premise, for the name is not here to be taken as consciously intending Him. The ground for their supposition is that the names "God" and "Christ" occur immediately after, and not (as we might expect) "His" or "for Him." But in <a href="/context/1_thessalonians/3-12.htm" title="And the Lord make you to increase and abound in love one toward another, and toward all men, even as we do toward you:">1Thessalonians 3:12-13</a>, there occurs precisely the same arrangement of the three words: the Greek equivalent for the sacred Hebrew Name standing first, and then, for clearness' sake, being explained by the personal titles, "God our Father," "our Lord Jesus Christ."<p><span class= "bld">Direct your hearts into the love of God.</span>--This prayer in itself implies that they had not yet reached the point which St. Paul would have them reach, and were perhaps not taking the directest course. The same word is used in <a href="/luke/1-79.htm" title="To give light to them that sit in darkness and in the shadow of death, to guide our feet into the way of peace.">Luke 1:79</a>; <a href="/1_thessalonians/3-11.htm" title="Now God himself and our Father, and our Lord Jesus Christ, direct our way to you.">1Thessalonians 3:11</a>. The "love of God<span class= "ital">"</span> here meant is that practical love which consists in keeping the commandments (<a href="/john/14-21.htm" title="He that has my commandments, and keeps them, he it is that loves me: and he that loves me shall be loved of my Father, and I will love him, and will manifest myself to him.">John 14:21</a>), as may be seen from the context:--"I am sure that the Lord will strengthen you, and that you are doing and will continue to do as you are bidden: may God help you to the obedience of true love, and to such perseverance in obedience as was shown by Christ; and it is in this hope that we bid you take steps to repress the disorders which are prevalent among you." . . . <div class="vheading2"><a href="/commentaries/pulpit/2_thessalonians/3.htm">Pulpit Commentary</a></div><span class="cmt_sub_title">Verse 5.</span> - <span class="cmt_word">And the Lord;</span> namely, Christ, for so the word "Lord" is to be rendered in St. Paul's Epistles. Bishop Wordsworth supposes that the Holy Ghost is here invoiced, as both God and Christ are afterwards mentioned in the petition; but the term "Lord" is not applied by, the apostle to the Holy Ghost; '<a href="/2_corinthians/3-17.htm">2 Corinthians 3:17</a> is the only apparent exception. <span class="cmt_word">Direct your hearts;</span> as the heart is the fountain of Christian life - the centre of the will. <span class="cmt_word">Into the love of God.</span> Here not God's love to us, specially "the manifestation of the love of God in Christ and his work of redemption" (Olshausen); nor the love of God to man, which is to be the pattern of our love to God; but, objectively, our love to God. This love of God is the fulfilment of the Law; and hence the apostle prays that the Thessalonians may be directed into it as the source and essence of all acceptable obedience. <span class="cmt_word">And into the patient waiting for Christ.</span> The words, "patient waiting," are but one word in the original, generally translated "patience" or "endurance." The clause has been differently interpreted. Some (Calvin, Hofmann, Jowett) render it, as in the A.V., "patient waiting for Christ." And this is conformable to the context, as the object of Paul was to repress all impatient longing for the advent. But such a meaning is not linguistically justifiable. Others render it, "patience for Christ," that is, steadfast endurance for his sake (De Wette); but there is no preposition in the original. The words simply mean "Christ's patience," or "the patience of Christ" (R.V.), the patience which he exhibited under his unparalleled sufferings. The Thessalonians were exposed to persecutions, and therefore the apostle prays that they might be directed into the patience of Christ, as this would enable them to bear all their sufferings with composure. Love and patience comprehend the active and passive virtues of Christianity. Now follows a warning against the disorderly life and conduct which the expectation of the immediate advent of Christ had produced. On account of the supposed nearness of the day of the Lord, great disorders had arisen in the Thessalonian Church. Work had been given up by many, who walked about in fanatical idleness. The apostle had censured this conduct in his former Epistle (<a href="/1_thessalonians/4-11.htm">1 Thessalonians 4:11, 12</a>), but the evil had rather increased than diminished; and, accordingly, he severely rebukes this spirit, and sets himself to correct the disorders occasioned by it. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/commentaries/2_thessalonians/3-5.htm">Parallel Commentaries ...</a></span><span class="p"><br /><br /><br /></span><a name="lexicon" id="lexicon"></a><div class="vheading">Greek</div><span class="word">{May} the</span><br /><span class="grk">Ὁ</span> <span class="translit">(HO)</span><br /><span class="parse">Article - Nominative Masculine Singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/greek/strongs_3588.htm">Strong's 3588: </a> </span><span class="str2">The, the definite article. Including the feminine he, and the neuter to in all their inflections; the definite article; the.</span><br /><br /><span class="word">Lord</span><br /><span class="grk">Κύριος</span> <span class="translit">(Kyrios)</span><br /><span class="parse">Noun - Nominative Masculine Singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/greek/strongs_2962.htm">Strong's 2962: </a> </span><span class="str2">Lord, master, sir; the Lord. From kuros; supreme in authority, i.e. controller; by implication, Master.</span><br /><br /><span class="word">direct</span><br /><span class="grk">κατευθύναι</span> <span class="translit">(kateuthynai)</span><br /><span class="parse">Verb - Aorist Optative Active - 3rd Person Singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/greek/strongs_2720.htm">Strong's 2720: </a> </span><span class="str2">(a) I make straight, (b) met: I put in the right way, direct. From kata and euthuno; to straighten fully, i.e. direct.</span><br /><br /><span class="word">your</span><br /><span class="grk">ὑμῶν</span> <span class="translit">(hymōn)</span><br /><span class="parse">Personal / Possessive Pronoun - Genitive 2nd Person Plural<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/greek/strongs_4771.htm">Strong's 4771: </a> </span><span class="str2">You. The person pronoun of the second person singular; thou.</span><br /><br /><span class="word">hearts</span><br /><span class="grk">καρδίας</span> <span class="translit">(kardias)</span><br /><span class="parse">Noun - Accusative Feminine Plural<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/greek/strongs_2588.htm">Strong's 2588: </a> </span><span class="str2">Prolonged from a primary kar; the heart, i.e. the thoughts or feelings; also the middle.</span><br /><br /><span class="word">into</span><br /><span class="grk">εἰς</span> <span class="translit">(eis)</span><br /><span class="parse">Preposition<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/greek/strongs_1519.htm">Strong's 1519: </a> </span><span class="str2">A primary preposition; to or into, of place, time, or purpose; also in adverbial phrases.</span><br /><br /><span class="word">God’s</span><br /><span class="grk">Θεοῦ</span> <span class="translit">(Theou)</span><br /><span class="parse">Noun - Genitive Masculine Singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/greek/strongs_2316.htm">Strong's 2316: </a> </span><span class="str2">A deity, especially the supreme Divinity; figuratively, a magistrate; by Hebraism, very.</span><br /><br /><span class="word">love</span><br /><span class="grk">ἀγάπην</span> <span class="translit">(agapēn)</span><br /><span class="parse">Noun - Accusative Feminine Singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/greek/strongs_26.htm">Strong's 26: </a> </span><span class="str2">From agapao; love, i.e. Affection or benevolence; specially a love-feast.</span><br /><br /><span class="word">and</span><br /><span class="grk">καὶ</span> <span class="translit">(kai)</span><br /><span class="parse">Conjunction<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/greek/strongs_2532.htm">Strong's 2532: </a> </span><span class="str2">And, even, also, namely. </span><br /><br /><span class="word">Christ’s</span><br /><span class="grk">Χριστοῦ</span> <span class="translit">(Christou)</span><br /><span class="parse">Noun - Genitive Masculine Singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/greek/strongs_5547.htm">Strong's 5547: </a> </span><span class="str2">Anointed One; the Messiah, the Christ. From chrio; Anointed One, i.e. The Messiah, an epithet of Jesus.</span><br /><br /><span class="word">perseverance.</span><br /><span class="grk">ὑπομονὴν</span> <span class="translit">(hypomonēn)</span><br /><span class="parse">Noun - Accusative Feminine Singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/greek/strongs_5281.htm">Strong's 5281: </a> </span><span class="str2">Endurance, steadfastness, patient waiting for. 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